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Four int’l firms vying to supervise construction of hospitals in Moruca & Kato

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Four int’l firms vying to supervise construction of hospitals in Moruca & Kato

Kaieteur News- Four international consultancy companies out of Brazil, Portugal, Bulgaria and Colombia have submitted their proposals to provide supervision services for the construction of the...

Guyana’s sports investment: is Cricket overshadowing other sports?

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s sports investment: is Cricket overshadowing other sports?

#HearMeOut By Rawle Toney Kaieteur Sports – As the Guyana Amazon Warriors fell short in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) final for the sixth time, an announcement followed that seemed to...

GCB Super50 Senior Inter-County tourney bowls off October 13

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GCB Super50 Senior Inter-County tourney bowls off October 13

Kaieteur Sports – The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will be hosting the 2024 Senior 50-Over Inter-County tournament, set to bowl off from October 13. Teams and players alike will prepare for the...

Region 3 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum, GTTA, MoE and MCYS Nationwide Schools Table Tennis Championships contested

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Region 3 Edition of CNOOC Petroleum, GTTA, MoE and MCYS Nationwide Schools Table Tennis Championships contested

Kaieteur Sports – Over 100 hundred student table tennis players from the region three schools graced the halls of West Minister secondary school auditorium to compete for honours when the...

A storm in a teacup

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on A storm in a teacup

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News – The recent controversy swirling around the access to the National Gallery at Castellini House has given rise to a fervor that feels disproportionate to its...

Integrating technology, culturally relevant curricula necessary to transform Caribbean education

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Integrating technology, culturally relevant curricula necessary to transform Caribbean education

– Regional symposium hears Kaieteur News – Integrating technology into teaching, making curricula culturally relevant, emphasising critical communication skills, assessing students for...

A call for better road management and traffic solutions

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on A call for better road management and traffic solutions

Dear Editor, The Government often touts its extensive and expensive infrastructure projects as one of its key achievements. Yet, despite billions of dollars being spent each year, the quality of road...

Second bridge across Rupununi River needed

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Second bridge across Rupununi River needed

Dear Editor, Over the years the state has constructed two bridges across the Rupununi River in Southern Region Nine. Thanks to those in authority who did such a significant job at that time....

Putting the cart before the horse on the curriculum at Annandale Secondary School

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Putting the cart before the horse on the curriculum at Annandale Secondary School

Dear Editor, Ideally, one would like for students to have a rounded educational experience for example, exposure to areas such as music, foreign languages and art apart from the traditional subjects...

Discriminatory approach to cash grant distribution must stop

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on Discriminatory approach to cash grant distribution must stop

Dear Editor, The discriminatory approach to cash grant distribution must stop, forthwith. What the Jagdeo/Ali regime has done is taken a well-intentioned policy, initially articulated in 2018...

‘Suriname/Guyana: good and bad governance’

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Letters Comments Off on ‘Suriname/Guyana: good and bad governance’

Dear Editor, In ‘Suriname graduated: Guyana failed’ (VV 15/09/2024. KN 16/09/2024) I reported that according to V-Democracy, the world’s most comprehensive democracy index, while...

Govt national development priorities

Oct 08, 2024 KNEWS Editorial, News Comments Off on Govt national development priorities

Kaieteur News – As Guyanese learn by way of announcement last week that government has transferred $62.3B more from the Natural Resources Fund bringing its total withdrawal to date for the year...

Omai plans to dump water with low-level cyanide, mercury into Essequibo River

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Omai plans to dump water with low-level cyanide, mercury into Essequibo River

“Omai plans to dump water with low-level cyanide and mercury into the Essequibo River for dewatering existing open pits. Local miners will know it as “bailing out pit”, a very...

‘PNCR 20-point plan for oil sector lacks commitment to change Exxon’s lopsided deal’ – Chris Ram

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on ‘PNCR 20-point plan for oil sector lacks commitment to change Exxon’s lopsided deal’ – Chris Ram

Kaieteur News- The 20-point plan revealed by Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton two weeks ago lacks commitment to implement any changes to lopsided oil deal with...

Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Israeli strikes batter Beirut in heaviest bombardment so far

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Israeli air attacks battered Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight and early on Sunday in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since...

Brazil eyes fresh oil boom with revitalised Tupi Field

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Brazil eyes fresh oil boom with revitalised Tupi Field

(OILPRICE.COM) Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil giant, is nearing a major step toward redeveloping the Tupi oil field, one of the largest deep-water reserves globally. The company is close to...

Govt. blocks $28M contract to Region 8 RDC engineer

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Govt. blocks $28M contract to Region 8 RDC engineer

…told to decide whether he wants to be an employee or contractor Kaieteur News- A government engineer based in Region Eight was told to decide whether he wants to be an employee of the State or...

Guyana and Suriname for gas monetisation talks – Jagdeo says

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on Guyana and Suriname for gas monetisation talks – Jagdeo says

Kaieteur News- A team from neighbouring Suriname comprising its Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin and other officials is due to visit Guyana to discuss collaboration between the two countries to...

AFC promises teachers 45% pay hike, PNCR says 35%

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on AFC promises teachers 45% pay hike, PNCR says 35%

Kaieteur News- The Alliance For Change (AFC) said if it is elected to government, teachers will get a 45% increase in salary and that the administration will prioritise the needs of educators. The...

CPL Done, What Now?

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists Comments Off on CPL Done, What Now?

Kaieteur News – By now de CPL 2024 would be done and dusted. The Amazon Warriors’ jerseys have been tucked away. Flags thrown in the back of the closet. Fans have packed up their hopes and...

FTC accuses Hess boss of ‘colluding’ with OPEC to keep oil prices high

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS News Comments Off on FTC accuses Hess boss of ‘colluding’ with OPEC to keep oil prices high

Kaieteur News – The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accused John Hess, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hess Corporation of colluding with past and current members of the...

Jones, Chase lead Kings to maiden title against Warriors

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Jones, Chase lead Kings to maiden title against Warriors

Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League 2024… Kaieteur Sports – A tide-turning, unbeaten half-century partnership from Aaron Jones and Roston Chase helped create history for the St. Lucia...

Henry, Dottin, Joseph set up big win for West Indies

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Henry, Dottin, Joseph set up big win for West Indies

(ESPN Cricinfo) – West Indies romped to a six-wicket victory over Scotland to secure their first win of the T20 World Cup in Dubai with 50 balls to spare. The win boosted their net run rate to...

Guyanese Golfers to challenge for top honours in Suriname at the DSB Invitational

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on Guyanese Golfers to challenge for top honours in Suriname at the DSB Invitational

Kaieteur Sports – Several of Guyana’s top golfers are set to compete at the prestigious De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB) Invitational this coming week, aiming to secure top positions in one of...

GOA ratifies Women in Sport Commission

Oct 07, 2024 KNEWS Sports Comments Off on GOA ratifies Women in Sport Commission

Kaieteur Sports – The Executive Committee of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) recently appointed and ratified the Women in Sport Commission, which will serve from September 2024 to...

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Brathwaite fifty, Claxton three-for seal series win for West Indies

Oct 06, 2026

(Cricinfo) – Jahzara Claxton’s three-for, followed by Eboni Brathwaite’s rapid half-century, sealed a dominant eight-wicket win for West Indies in Harare, which gave them an...

An accusation is not a conviction

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is something ominous about a rape allegation. The word itself can become a verdict long before it reaches a courtroom. The letter “R” is sometimes enough to transform suspicion into certainty. It can turn an accusation into guilt; it can overnight cast a human being...

The People’s Wars, Caribbean Bills

Oct 04, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – The Caribbean did not start, or participate in, the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran, nor the other continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Yet millions of Caribbean people are paying a price for them every day. They pay it at petrol...

Ministers Persaud, Nandlall

Oct 06, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – One’s from the priestly caste. The other claims warrior caste status. Both are commended for high-mindedness. Both Hon Minister of Women’s Safety, Dr. Vindya Persaud, and Hon Minister of Justice, SC Anil Nandlall have programmes that they placed in the public space. ...

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